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Click to download: BBC coverage of Notting Hill Carnival and Readinghttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/30/bbc-notting-hill-carnival-reading
This week on the web music roundup, the BBC's extensive coverage of the Reading festival came at the unfortunate expense of the Notting Hill Carnival<p>In a UK music scene currently dominated – and enlivened – by urban music, it seems a pity that the BBC has, once again, provided such limited online coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival. In fact, the only music-based video highlights appear to be at the Radio 1Xtra site (<a href="http://bbc.co.uk/1xtra" title=""><strong>bbc.co.uk/1xtra</strong></a>), where you can see single song performances by two upcoming R&amp;B singers, Angel and Cleo Soul. By contrast, the Corporation's coverage of the Reading festival is extensive. At&nbsp;<a href="http://bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds" title=""><strong>bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds</strong></a> you can watch extended highlights of 75 acts who performed over the weekend. It&nbsp;is available for 30 days and includes acts ranging from big-hitters Muse, Elbow, the Strokes and Pulp to more of-the-moment bands such as the Vaccines, Everything Everything and Metronomy, and new talent such as Brighton's fast-rising Rizzle Kicks, who packed the Introducing tent with their giddy&nbsp;pop-rap.</p><p>For evidence of what the BBC could have achieved if even a small crew had been left behind in London for the Carnival, you need only look at the Black Cab Sessions (<a href="http://blackcabsessions.com" title=""><strong>blackcabsessions.com</strong></a>). The site went along to Field Day in east London to film five acts performing acoustically in its Hackney carriage. The songs from Electrelane, Willy Mason and Gruff Rhys are particularly enjoyable. You'll notice the artists are all wearing shades by Ray-Ban, who sponsored the coverage. That company is also giving away a terrific five-track EP of US indie talent, including Miniature Tigers and Bear Hands. Get it free from <a href="http://bit.ly/raybanep" title=""><strong>bit.ly/raybanep</strong></a>.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/30/bbc-notting-hill-carnival-reading">Continue reading...</a>DownloadsDigital music and audioMusicCultureTechnologyNotting Hill carnivalFestivalsReading and Leeds festivalTue, 30 Aug 2011 17:30:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/30/bbc-notting-hill-carnival-readingPaul Brown/Demotix/CorbisCarnifail ... the BBC's online coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival was limited. Photograph: Paul Brown/Demotix/CorbisPaul Brown/Demotix/CorbisCarnifail ... the BBC's online coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival was limited. Photograph: Paul Brown/Demotix/CorbisChris Salmon2011-08-30T17:30:39ZClick to Download: Arcade actionhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/02/click-to-download-arcade-fire
Between headlining triumphs and online video ingenuity, it's been a good week for&nbsp;Montreal's finest, says Chris Salmon<p>Last weekend, the BBC deployed its heavyweight festival division for the last time this summer, to the Reading festival, where they supplied considerable TV, radio and online coverage. It does, though, seem a pity that they were unable to send anyone to Notting Hill to&nbsp;gather some video content from this year's carnival. Instead, its coverage is&nbsp;limited to some photos and a few hours of iPlayer radio catch-ups at <a href="http://bbc.co.uk/1xtra" title=""><strong>bbc.co.uk/1xtra</strong></a>. Still, there's much to be enjoyed among the 60 Reading sets which you can watch at <a href="http://bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds" title=""><strong>bbc.co.uk/ readingandleeds</strong></a><strong> </strong>until 11.59pm on Sunday, be it suitably rousing performances from Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Gogol Bordello, Pendulum and Mumford &amp; Sons, or a comically awful one from the Libertines. You can also see 26 minutes of Guns N' Roses' headline-grabbing set, sadly not including the farcical encore of Paradise City, in which Axl Rose tried to perform to tens of thousands with just a megaphone. (You&nbsp;can see it <a href="http://bit.ly/axlmega" title=""><strong>bit.ly/axlmega</strong></a>.)</p><p>While Arcade Fire were proving themselves worthy of their Reading headline slot, Google's Creative Lab was putting together a wonderful interactive video for the band's We Used to Wait track. It's best to install Google's Chrome browser to view it, but once you have, head to <a href="http://thewildernessdowntown.com" title=""><strong>thewildernessdowntown.com</strong></a><strong> </strong>and enter the postcode of your childhood home. The video then launches in several windows across your computer's screen, using Google Maps data to show aerial and street views of the place you grew up, overlaid with aspects of the video. You're also given the chance to write a note to your childhood self, which may then appear on big screens during the band's shows. It's an extremely impressive use of technology, and a rather touching one, too.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/02/click-to-download-arcade-fire">Continue reading...</a>DownloadsDigital music and audioMusicCultureTechnologyArcade FireReading and Leeds festivalThu, 02 Sep 2010 21:30:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/02/click-to-download-arcade-fireTabatha Fireman/RedfernsArcade Fire headlining this year's Reading festival. Photograph: Tabatha Fireman/RedfernsTabatha Fireman/RedfernsArcade Fire headlining this year's Reading festival. Photograph: Tabatha Fireman/RedfernsChris Salmon2010-09-02T21:30:13ZClick to download: Pump up the volumehttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/03/reading-leeds-iplayer-volume
Did you think Reading festival was too quiet? No such problems online, says Chris Salmon<p>There was much grumbling at last weekend's Reading festival that the main stage speakers weren't turned up loud enough. But there are no such concerns at <strong>bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds</strong>, where you can literally crank the volume to 11 on extensive video highlights from across the weekend. The Prodigy, Radiohead and Enter Shikari are three main stage bands particularly worthy of a blast through your headphones, with any sound issues during that last act's set clearly not preventing total mayhem breaking out among the crowd. Kings of Leon, meanwhile, seemed convinced it was the Reading audience that wasn't loud enough, moaning about them throughout what actually appears to have been a warmly-received set. Certainly, their crowd look more animated than that of Arctic Monkeys, whose headline set was sprinkled rather too liberally with new songs.</p><p>In all, the BBC's site is offering highlights from more than 60 Reading sets until Monday morning. By comparison, filmed highlights from Notting Hill Carnival at<strong> bbc.co.uk/1xtra/carnival09</strong> are limited to brief PAs by Bashy, Ms Dynamite and Princess Nyah. In the last two months, the BBC has now offered extensive coverage of three indie-rock festivals (with some acts featuring at all of them). Carnival's enormous range of sound systems and performers are surely overdue a comparable piece of the online action.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/03/reading-leeds-iplayer-volume">Continue reading...</a>Reading and Leeds festivalDownloadsDigital music and audioMusicCultureTechnologyThu, 03 Sep 2009 21:30:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/03/reading-leeds-iplayer-volumeChris Salmon2009-09-03T21:30:01Z